The Future of Precision Health: Engaging Underrepresented Research Participant Communities and Achieving Responsible Return and Use of Genomic Results—American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Conference
Date:
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Type:
Other
Format:
In-Person
The All of Us Research Program (AoURP) led a session at the American Society of Human Genetics conference on October 27, 2020, 5:00–7:00 p.m. ET. Speakers included Joshua C. Denny, CEO; Consuelo H. Wilkins, director, Engagement Core; Richard Gibbs, director, Genome Center, Baylor College of Medicine; Alicia Zhou, chief science officer, Color; Philip Empey, associate director, Institute for Precision Medicine; and Andrea Ramirez, senior advisor to the CEO. Topics included an overview of the program and its progress to date, engaging underrepresented participants in large-scale genomic research, generating data for sequencing and array genotyping, and achieving population-scale return of genetic results.